We have thus reached what has been called by Preller the period of Numa, the king with whose name and personality the Romans always associated the redaction of the Fasti and the state-organization of their religion: a personality so clearly conceived by them as to bear witness at once to its own historical reality, and to their conviction of the vital importance of his work. Before we go further, let us pause here to interrogate the Calendar as to the nature of the divine beings who in these same stages of development were the objects of popular worship. The simplest way to do this will be to present a table showing the list of the most ancient festivals, with the deities concerned in them, so far as they can be identified, in a parallel column:— _Festivals._ _Deities._ KALENDS JUNO. IDES JUPITER. EQUIRRIA MARS. LIBERALIA LIBER. FORDICIDIA TELLUS? CERIALIA CERES. PARILIA PALE? ROBIGALIA ROBIGUS. LEMURIA Ghosts (unburied). ARGEORUM SACRA Unknown. AGONIA VEDIOVIS? VESTALIA VESTA. MATRALIA MATER MATUTA. POPLIFUGIA Unknown. LUCARIA Unknown. NEPTUNALIA NEPTUNUS. FURRINALIA FURRINA? PORTUNALIA PORTUNUS. VINALIA JUPITER. CONSUALIA CONSUS. VOLCANALIA VOLCANUS. OPICONSIVIA OPS CONSIVA. MEDITRINALIA Unknown. FONTINALIA FONS? AGONIA Unknown. CONSUALIA CONSUS. SATURNALIA SATURNUS. OPALIA OPS. DIVALIA ANGERONA? LARENTALIA LARENTIA? AGONIA JANUS? CARMENTALIA. CARMENTA. LUPERCALIA Unknown. QUIRINALIA QUIRINUS. FERALIA BURIED ANCESTORS. TERMINALIA TERMINUS. REGIFUGIUM Unknown.